Workflows

Automate multi-step operations by chaining IaC deployments, configuration runs, scripts, and approvals into a single pipeline.

Step Types

IaC Deploy

Run Terraform plan, apply, or destroy

Configuration

Run Ansible playbooks

Script

Execute bash, Python, or Node scripts

HTTP Request

Call external APIs or webhooks

Approval

Pause for human approval

Condition

Branch based on expressions

Trigger Types

Manual

User clicks Run

Scheduled

Cron expression

Webhook

HTTP POST trigger

Git Push

On repository change

Incident

On K8s incident

Workflow

Chain workflows

Workflow Status

Status	Color	Meaning
Active	Green	Workflow is enabled and will run on triggers
Paused	Yellow	Temporarily disabled, manual run only
Draft	Gray	Not yet activated

Workflow Actions

Action	Description
Run	Execute the workflow manually
Edit	Open in visual DAG builder
Duplicate	Create a copy
View History	See past executions
Pause/Resume	Toggle active state
Delete	Remove the workflow

Common Patterns

Pattern	Steps
Deploy Pipeline	Plan → Approval → Apply → Notify
Environment Promotion	Dev → Test → Approval → Prod
Scheduled Backup	Script → Upload → Cleanup
Incident Response	Detect → Scale → Notify
Multi-Region Deploy	Plan → Apply US ∥ Apply EU → Verify

Example: CI/CD Deployment Pipeline

Workflow Configuration

Name:        production-deploy
Trigger:     Git Push (main branch)
Steps:       5
Status:      Active

Visual Pipeline

┌─────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌─────────┐    ┌────────┐
│  Plan   │───▶│ Approval │───▶│  Apply   │───▶│  Test   │───▶│ Notify │
└─────────┘    └──────────┘    └──────────┘    └─────────┘    └────────┘

Step Configuration

Step	Type	Configuration
Plan	IaC Deploy	Project: `api-infrastructure`, Action: Plan
Approval	Approval	Approvers: `team:platform`, Timeout: 1h
Apply	IaC Deploy	Project: `api-infrastructure`, Action: Apply
Test	HTTP Request	URL: `https://api.example.com/health`
Notify	Slack	Channel: `#deployments`, Message: Deploy complete

Execution Result

Workflow: production-deploy
Run ID:   wfr_8x7y6z5w
Status:   Completed ✓

Step Results:
─────────────────────────────────────
1. Plan         ✓  Completed    12s
   → 3 to add, 1 to change, 0 to destroy

2. Approval     ✓  Approved     4m 32s
   → Approved by jane@example.com

3. Apply        ✓  Completed    45s
   → 3 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed

4. Test         ✓  Completed    2s
   → HTTP 200 OK

5. Notify       ✓  Completed    1s
   → Message sent to #deployments

Total Duration: 5m 32s
Triggered By:   Git Push (main @ abc1234)

Slack Notification

🚀 Deployment Complete

Workflow: production-deploy
Environment: production
Status: Success ✓
Duration: 5m 32s

Changes Applied:
• 3 resources added
• 1 resource changed

Triggered by: jane@example.com
Commit: abc1234 "Add rate limiting to API"

Example: Multi-Region Parallel Deploy

Workflow with Parallel Steps

                    ┌─────────────┐
              ┌────▶│  Apply US   │────┐
┌─────────┐   │     └─────────────┘    │     ┌──────────┐
│  Plan   │───┤                        ├────▶│  Verify  │
└─────────┘   │     ┌─────────────┐    │     └──────────┘
              └────▶│  Apply EU   │────┘
                    └─────────────┘

Execution Timeline

00:00  Plan started
00:15  Plan completed (3 resources)
00:15  Apply US started ─┬─ (parallel)
00:15  Apply EU started ─┘
00:45  Apply EU completed
00:52  Apply US completed
00:52  Verify started
00:55  Verify completed

Total: 55 seconds